From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6 v2 1/3] vlan: Add function to retrieve EtherType from vlan packets. Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:24:19 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20101112.122419.39169340.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1289519279-20641-1-git-send-email-jesse@nicira.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, hzheng@nicira.com To: jesse@nicira.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:47669 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932269Ab0KLUX4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:23:56 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1289519279-20641-1-git-send-email-jesse@nicira.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jesse Gross Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:47:57 -0800 > From: Hao Zheng > > Depending on how a packet is vlan tagged (i.e. hardware accelerated or > not), the encapsulated protocol is stored in different locations. This > provides a consistent method of accessing that protocol, which is needed > by drivers, security checks, etc. > > Signed-off-by: Hao Zheng > Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross Applied.